Republicans are increasingly anxious about a midterms wipeout

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just hope the Democrats:

1) Do not take the midterms for granted
2) If the win the midterms, do not assume that 2028 will be easy with just any Democrat.

We need to not only focus on why GOP is bad but also offer a better alternative.

They couldn't do this in 2024, and can't do it now. What makes you think they can do it in 2026?

If the tariff dominoes start falling into place, the markets are going to spike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just hope the Democrats:

1) Do not take the midterms for granted
2) If the win the midterms, do not assume that 2028 will be easy with just any Democrat.

We need to not only focus on why GOP is bad but also offer a better alternative.

They couldn't do this in 2024, and can't do it now. What makes you think they can do it in 2026?

If the tariff dominoes start falling into place, the markets are going to spike.

Tariff dominos start falling in place .
Since there is zero chance of that happening because Trump doesn’t have even a menial understanding of economic policy

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just hope the Democrats:

1) Do not take the midterms for granted
2) If the win the midterms, do not assume that 2028 will be easy with just any Democrat.

We need to not only focus on why GOP is bad but also offer a better alternative.

They couldn't do this in 2024, and can't do it now. What makes you think they can do it in 2026?

If the tariff dominoes start falling into place, the markets are going to spike.

Are you kidding? The minority party always sweeps the midterms. The only question is by how much - and right now, it's looking really really really bad for the red guys.

(As for tariff dominoes - yes, it's likely that the tariffs will be struct down as illegal before Congress gets around to legislating them away So they will fall. But that won't help the Republican party. Voters may be dim but they aren't that dim.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Republicans deserve to be completely eliminated as a political party. They are the Know Nothings of the 21st Century.

Last time they used tariffs, republicans were out of power for decades.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans should be anxious. In the last election, there were 69 Republican House members that won their seats with less than a 10 percent margin. Every single one of those seats will be an easy pickup for Democrats in 26. There were also 11 Republican Senators that won with less than a 10 percent margin. Democrats have a bad senate map in 26 but retaking the senate is very possible now.

Republican politicians are going to have to choose soon - fealty to Trump and Musk or their jobs.

It doesn't matter if they choose fealty or not. The House was always going to be lost in the midterms with a lame duck President. But now, as you described the losses will be catastrophic. The GOP has near-zero percent chance of retaining the House.

Agree. The question is just how catastrophic the losses are.

That having been said, I’m not sure a lot of the core groups that switched to Trump are going to be impacted by the devastation of the tariffs. If there is a Great Depression, yes. But take the young Gen Z men who flocked to Trump. They don’t have stock or even any hope of stock so the stock market doesn’t bother them. They don’t have any belief they’ll ever have a house, so interest rates don’t bother them. In fact they might be happy that government employees, UMC folks, etc. are suffering as they perceive those groups as causing their suffering.

These tariffs were targeted to and disproportionately hit Biden voters. I don’t know how that impacts the midterms.

Don’t the young gen z men have jobs? They will lose their jobs and have to pay more for groceries and rent too. Or I guess move back home. Doesn’t seem uplifting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans should be anxious. In the last election, there were 69 Republican House members that won their seats with less than a 10 percent margin. Every single one of those seats will be an easy pickup for Democrats in 26. There were also 11 Republican Senators that won with less than a 10 percent margin. Democrats have a bad senate map in 26 but retaking the senate is very possible now.

Republican politicians are going to have to choose soon - fealty to Trump and Musk or their jobs.

It doesn't matter if they choose fealty or not. The House was always going to be lost in the midterms with a lame duck President. But now, as you described the losses will be catastrophic. The GOP has near-zero percent chance of retaining the House.

Agree. The question is just how catastrophic the losses are.

That having been said, I’m not sure a lot of the core groups that switched to Trump are going to be impacted by the devastation of the tariffs. If there is a Great Depression, yes. But take the young Gen Z men who flocked to Trump. They don’t have stock or even any hope of stock so the stock market doesn’t bother them. They don’t have any belief they’ll ever have a house, so interest rates don’t bother them. In fact they might be happy that government employees, UMC folks, etc. are suffering as they perceive those groups as causing their suffering.

These tariffs were targeted to and disproportionately hit Biden voters. I don’t know how that impacts the midterms.

Don’t the young gen z men have jobs? They will lose their jobs and have to pay more for groceries and rent too. Or I guess move back home. Doesn’t seem uplifting.

A small price to pay for the freedom to be sexist, racist, and homophobic. /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just hope the Democrats:

1) Do not take the midterms for granted
2) If the win the midterms, do not assume that 2028 will be easy with just any Democrat.

We need to not only focus on why GOP is bad but also offer a better alternative.

They couldn't do this in 2024, and can't do it now. What makes you think they can do it in 2026?

If the tariff dominoes start falling into place, the markets are going to spike.

Hahahaha, "tariff dominoes?!?"

My brother in Christ, it has been shown that the "tariff dominoes" were created by asking chatGPT how to tariff the whole world and ignoring the part where the AI told them it was a stupid idea!

This is not dominoes, this is not 3d chess, this is literally a stupid, weak man trying desperately to look smart and powerful and utterly failing. There is no plan, there will only be chaos. If you can't see this you're even stupider than he is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans should be anxious. In the last election, there were 69 Republican House members that won their seats with less than a 10 percent margin. Every single one of those seats will be an easy pickup for Democrats in 26. There were also 11 Republican Senators that won with less than a 10 percent margin. Democrats have a bad senate map in 26 but retaking the senate is very possible now.

Republican politicians are going to have to choose soon - fealty to Trump and Musk or their jobs.

It doesn't matter if they choose fealty or not. The House was always going to be lost in the midterms with a lame duck President. But now, as you described the losses will be catastrophic. The GOP has near-zero percent chance of retaining the House.

Agree. The question is just how catastrophic the losses are.

That having been said, I’m not sure a lot of the core groups that switched to Trump are going to be impacted by the devastation of the tariffs. If there is a Great Depression, yes. But take the young Gen Z men who flocked to Trump. They don’t have stock or even any hope of stock so the stock market doesn’t bother them. They don’t have any belief they’ll ever have a house, so interest rates don’t bother them. In fact they might be happy that government employees, UMC folks, etc. are suffering as they perceive those groups as causing their suffering.

These tariffs were targeted to and disproportionately hit Biden voters. I don’t know how that impacts the midterms.

Don’t the young gen z men have jobs? They will lose their jobs and have to pay more for groceries and rent too. Or I guess move back home. Doesn’t seem uplifting.

Many don’t have jobs or are underemployed. Many already have to live with their parents. That’s actually part of what drew them to Trump.

DCUM is always very out of touch but come on, look at what is bringing Gen Z to Trump. The Gen Z men he won aren’t the coddled children of the wealthy. They are undereducated young men who have been left behind.

This is a very fickle group and they will turn on a dime, but I do not think they are going to see their lives change much because of the tariffs. Their lives were already not great under Biden.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans should be anxious. In the last election, there were 69 Republican House members that won their seats with less than a 10 percent margin. Every single one of those seats will be an easy pickup for Democrats in 26. There were also 11 Republican Senators that won with less than a 10 percent margin. Democrats have a bad senate map in 26 but retaking the senate is very possible now.

Republican politicians are going to have to choose soon - fealty to Trump and Musk or their jobs.

It doesn't matter if they choose fealty or not. The House was always going to be lost in the midterms with a lame duck President. But now, as you described the losses will be catastrophic. The GOP has near-zero percent chance of retaining the House.

Agree. The question is just how catastrophic the losses are.

That having been said, I’m not sure a lot of the core groups that switched to Trump are going to be impacted by the devastation of the tariffs. If there is a Great Depression, yes. But take the young Gen Z men who flocked to Trump. They don’t have stock or even any hope of stock so the stock market doesn’t bother them. They don’t have any belief they’ll ever have a house, so interest rates don’t bother them. In fact they might be happy that government employees, UMC folks, etc. are suffering as they perceive those groups as causing their suffering.

These tariffs were targeted to and disproportionately hit Biden voters. I don’t know how that impacts the midterms.

Don’t the young gen z men have jobs? They will lose their jobs and have to pay more for groceries and rent too. Or I guess move back home. Doesn’t seem uplifting.

Many don’t have jobs or are underemployed. Many already have to live with their parents. That’s actually part of what drew them to Trump.

DCUM is always very out of touch but come on, look at what is bringing Gen Z to Trump. The Gen Z men he won aren’t the coddled children of the wealthy. They are undereducated young men who have been left behind.

This is a very fickle group and they will turn on a dime, but I do not think they are going to see their lives change much because of the tariffs. Their lives were already not great under Biden.

Polls show they already left Trump months ago, in February. They are fickle, yes, but not dumb. They believed Trump figuratively instead of believing Trump literally. (Tbf, so did I, but I still voted against him instead of for him.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just hope the Democrats:

1) Do not take the midterms for granted
2) If the win the midterms, do not assume that 2028 will be easy with just any Democrat.

We need to not only focus on why GOP is bad but also offer a better alternative.

Dems need to nominate a straight, white male, clearly. The US is not ready for anything else, Obama excepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just hope the Democrats:

1) Do not take the midterms for granted
2) If the win the midterms, do not assume that 2028 will be easy with just any Democrat.

We need to not only focus on why GOP is bad but also offer a better alternative.

They couldn't do this in 2024, and can't do it now. What makes you think they can do it in 2026?

If the tariff dominoes start falling into place, the markets are going to spike.

The Democrats picked up House seats in 2024. And it sounds like you’re not read into political election history…at all. The Republicans have zero chance of holding the House in 2026. Whatever they want to get done (or rather break), they need to get onto that sooner than later.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans should be anxious. In the last election, there were 69 Republican House members that won their seats with less than a 10 percent margin. Every single one of those seats will be an easy pickup for Democrats in 26. There were also 11 Republican Senators that won with less than a 10 percent margin. Democrats have a bad senate map in 26 but retaking the senate is very possible now.

Republican politicians are going to have to choose soon - fealty to Trump and Musk or their jobs.

It doesn't matter if they choose fealty or not. The House was always going to be lost in the midterms with a lame duck President. But now, as you described the losses will be catastrophic. The GOP has near-zero percent chance of retaining the House.

Agree. The question is just how catastrophic the losses are.

That having been said, I’m not sure a lot of the core groups that switched to Trump are going to be impacted by the devastation of the tariffs. If there is a Great Depression, yes. But take the young Gen Z men who flocked to Trump. They don’t have stock or even any hope of stock so the stock market doesn’t bother them. They don’t have any belief they’ll ever have a house, so interest rates don’t bother them. In fact they might be happy that government employees, UMC folks, etc. are suffering as they perceive those groups as causing their suffering.

These tariffs were targeted to and disproportionately hit Biden voters. I don’t know how that impacts the midterms.

Don’t the young gen z men have jobs? They will lose their jobs and have to pay more for groceries and rent too. Or I guess move back home. Doesn’t seem uplifting.

Many don’t have jobs or are underemployed. Many already have to live with their parents. That’s actually part of what drew them to Trump.

DCUM is always very out of touch but come on, look at what is bringing Gen Z to Trump. The Gen Z men he won aren’t the coddled children of the wealthy. They are undereducated young men who have been left behind.

This is a very fickle group and they will turn on a dime, but I do not think they are going to see their lives change much because of the tariffs. Their lives were already not great under Biden.

Polls show they already left Trump months ago, in February. They are fickle, yes, but not dumb. They believed Trump figuratively instead of believing Trump literally. (Tbf, so did I, but I still voted against him instead of for him.)

I think Rogan and the rest of the podcast bro crew are starting to get wishy washy on Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just hope the Democrats:

1) Do not take the midterms for granted
2) If the win the midterms, do not assume that 2028 will be easy with just any Democrat.

We need to not only focus on why GOP is bad but also offer a better alternative.

They couldn't do this in 2024, and can't do it now. What makes you think they can do it in 2026?

If the tariff dominoes start falling into place, the markets are going to spike.

There were elections before 2024, you know.

Also “tariff dominoes” lol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans should be anxious. In the last election, there were 69 Republican House members that won their seats with less than a 10 percent margin. Every single one of those seats will be an easy pickup for Democrats in 26. There were also 11 Republican Senators that won with less than a 10 percent margin. Democrats have a bad senate map in 26 but retaking the senate is very possible now.

Republican politicians are going to have to choose soon - fealty to Trump and Musk or their jobs.

It doesn't matter if they choose fealty or not. The House was always going to be lost in the midterms with a lame duck President. But now, as you described the losses will be catastrophic. The GOP has near-zero percent chance of retaining the House.

Agree. The question is just how catastrophic the losses are.

That having been said, I’m not sure a lot of the core groups that switched to Trump are going to be impacted by the devastation of the tariffs. If there is a Great Depression, yes. But take the young Gen Z men who flocked to Trump. They don’t have stock or even any hope of stock so the stock market doesn’t bother them. They don’t have any belief they’ll ever have a house, so interest rates don’t bother them. In fact they might be happy that government employees, UMC folks, etc. are suffering as they perceive those groups as causing their suffering.

These tariffs were targeted to and disproportionately hit Biden voters. I don’t know how that impacts the midterms.

Don’t the young gen z men have jobs? They will lose their jobs and have to pay more for groceries and rent too. Or I guess move back home. Doesn’t seem uplifting.

Many don’t have jobs or are underemployed. Many already have to live with their parents. That’s actually part of what drew them to Trump.

DCUM is always very out of touch but come on, look at what is bringing Gen Z to Trump. The Gen Z men he won aren’t the coddled children of the wealthy. They are undereducated young men who have been left behind.

This is a very fickle group and they will turn on a dime, but I do not think they are going to see their lives change much because of the tariffs. Their lives were already not great under Biden.

Polls show they already left Trump months ago, in February. They are fickle, yes, but not dumb. They believed Trump figuratively instead of believing Trump literally. (Tbf, so did I, but I still voted against him instead of for him.)

I think Rogan and the rest of the podcast bro crew are starting to get wishy washy on Trump.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans should be anxious. In the last election, there were 69 Republican House members that won their seats with less than a 10 percent margin. Every single one of those seats will be an easy pickup for Democrats in 26. There were also 11 Republican Senators that won with less than a 10 percent margin. Democrats have a bad senate map in 26 but retaking the senate is very possible now.

Republican politicians are going to have to choose soon - fealty to Trump and Musk or their jobs.

It doesn't matter if they choose fealty or not. The House was always going to be lost in the midterms with a lame duck President. But now, as you described the losses will be catastrophic. The GOP has near-zero percent chance of retaining the House.

Agree. The question is just how catastrophic the losses are.

That having been said, I’m not sure a lot of the core groups that switched to Trump are going to be impacted by the devastation of the tariffs. If there is a Great Depression, yes. But take the young Gen Z men who flocked to Trump. They don’t have stock or even any hope of stock so the stock market doesn’t bother them. They don’t have any belief they’ll ever have a house, so interest rates don’t bother them. In fact they might be happy that government employees, UMC folks, etc. are suffering as they perceive those groups as causing their suffering.

These tariffs were targeted to and disproportionately hit Biden voters. I don’t know how that impacts the midterms.

Don’t the young gen z men have jobs? They will lose their jobs and have to pay more for groceries and rent too. Or I guess move back home. Doesn’t seem uplifting.

Many don’t have jobs or are underemployed. Many already have to live with their parents. That’s actually part of what drew them to Trump.

DCUM is always very out of touch but come on, look at what is bringing Gen Z to Trump. The Gen Z men he won aren’t the coddled children of the wealthy. They are undereducated young men who have been left behind.

This is a very fickle group and they will turn on a dime, but I do not think they are going to see their lives change much because of the tariffs. Their lives were already not great under Biden.

Polls show they already left Trump months ago, in February. They are fickle, yes, but not dumb. They believed Trump figuratively instead of believing Trump literally. (Tbf, so did I, but I still voted against him instead of for him.)

I think Rogan and the rest of the podcast bro crew are starting to get wishy washy on Trump.

PP here. I really hope you are right.